The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 328 Can’t afford the compensation!

Tangren, conference room.

"No!!!" Tsai Yinong cried out. She regretted why she didn't buy the copyright in advance.

If she hadn't been optimistic about it from the bottom of her heart and considered the reputation of the Tang Dynasty, she would have even wanted her screenwriters to learn from it directly. There would be no need to sit here and argue with the other party.

"Why can't the Tang Dynasty do it?" Lu Yuan doesn't care whether she blows up or not, she's not Liu Shishi.

The entire outline of "Bu Bu Jing Xin" was rejected. He had studied which dynasty should be chosen as the background.

The contest between the nine sons of the Qing Dynasty took the longest time and involved the most princes. Who said that Kangxi had a long life and was able to give birth to thirty-five cubs?

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the three sons took over the throne, the prince was aggressive, the king of Han was ambitious, and the king of Zhao was busy sharpening his sword.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Xuanwu Gate Incident was the most violent battle for the right to inherit the throne. Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng with one arrow and wounded Li Yuanji with one arrow. Li Yuanji was caught up and killed by Yuchi Jingde.

Returning to the Wei Kingdom, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, the battle for the right to inherit the throne between the top literati.

He even dealt with the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty.

Relatively speaking, he prefers the Tang Dynasty. The emperor personally went into battle to win the title of heir, with real swords and spears. A heifer chased a bull. It was so awesome.

Cai Yinong took a sip from the tea cup to calm down and didn't want to answer, but looked at the person sitting on the other side.

Tong Hua, whose real name is Ren Haiyan, is short, with short hair and a long face. She is the original author of "Bu Bu Jing Xin".

Lu Yuan and Tangren invited her to participate in the adaptation.

Tong Hua had not spoken before. Although the copyright was sold, she still hoped to restore the novel as much as possible.

Now seeing Cai Yinong looking over, she hesitated and said: "Teacher Lu, when I wrote "Bu Bu Jing Xin" before, I chose the Qing Dynasty as the background for three reasons."

"Well, please elaborate." Lu Yuan nodded.

"First, there are a lot of historical materials about the Qing Dynasty. Since official history and unofficial history are not far from modern times, the preserved materials are relatively comprehensive and easy to write."

Lu Yuan pondered, this was a reason, but it could not completely convince him. As long as he was willing to check, the information could still be found.

"Second, I wrote this book to a certain extent to reflect the heroine's oppression in ancient times and to advocate anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism. I also considered the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty could not reflect the oppression of women by the feudal system. Women in the Tang Dynasty could If you get divorced and remarry, you can participate in politics and go out for sports, and you don’t have perverted habits like foot binding.”

Lu Yuan tapped his fingers on the table and paused after hearing the words. Influenced by the Hu culture, the Tang Dynasty respected women very much, and the atmosphere was indeed open and free.

"Third, the market. Because of Hong Kong and Taiwan's "A Play on Qianlong", the mainland has followed suit. There have been more pigtail dramas in recent years, and the audience base is large, making it easier to be adapted." Tong Hua continued to explain.

Lu Yuan glanced at her. In fact, the braid drama was not initiated by RTHK at all.

Many people think it is "A Play on Qianlong", a Hong Kong and Taiwan drama in the 90s.

In fact, this is not the case. It was Li Hanxiang who really promoted the trend of pigtail drama.

Li Hanxiang, a great director who became famous in Hong Kong in the 50s, was born in Liaoning and grew up in Beijing. His self-identity is more of a Beijing native.

He was expelled from school at an early age and went south to work in the film industry in Shanghai. He fled to Xiangjiang with the film industry in Shanghai.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Mainland China's Huangmei Opera, especially The Match with an Immortal, became popular all over the country.

He copied the lyrics of the Yue Opera Butterfly Lovers and used Huangmei tune to shoot the movie "Butterfly Lovers", establishing himself as a great director in one fell swoop.

After the 70s, because his career was not going well, Li Hanxiang switched to making Category III films and dramas with pigtails. Yes, the early pigtail dramas were actually Category III films if we classify them according to current standards. In fact, including Mainland China's first braided TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luo Guo", this problem also exists, with many scenes of selling meat.

The pigtail drama became popular in the first place because it took advantage of people's curiosity and "voyeurism".

From Li Hanxiang to "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", they all introduce content such as "draft girls" and "harem attendants".

After that, there are various official and unofficial histories, stand-up comics, and secret histories of opera in the capital.

For example, whether Xiaozhuang and Dorgon slept together, whether Yongzheng changed the edict, whether Yongzheng had his head chopped off by Lu Siniang, how many legs Guiziliu and Cixi had, how much Cixi loved Ronglu, and the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Cixi's concubine Zhen.

These things are what old Beijing people talk about after dinner, and most practitioners of cross talk and folk art refer to this meal.

As a native of the old capital, Li Hanxiang was very familiar with this kind of stuff.

In the 80s, he came to the mainland to film the series "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace".

This series is the pioneer of braid drama in the Mainland.

Due to the success of "The Burning of Old Summer Palace" in the mainland, it had a reaction in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the 70s and s, Hong Kong and Taiwan filmed a lot of braid dramas that followed the trend, and the content in them was largely plagiarized from Li Hanxiang's braid drama movies in the s.

Later, mainland TV dramas also followed the trend of dramas such as "A Play on Qianlong" and "Thirteen Dynasties of the Qing Dynasty" and mass-produced dramas on the secret history of the Qing Dynasty and dramas.

For example, "Liu Luoguo", "Kangxi Private Interview in Undress" and "Ji Xiaolan".

As the founder and master of braid opera, Li Hanxiang is a representative of Beijing circles.

Although he fled to Xiangjiang, he returned to the capital in the 80s and immediately established deep ties with Hou Baolin and other Beijing folk art cadres.

Ma Weidu, now a big boss in Beijing and the largest antiques dealer, was still following Li Hanxiang in the 80s. It was Li Hanxiang who taught him how to play the antique business.

Therefore, under the subtle influence, the Beijing circle is also more inclined to shoot braid scenes.

Beijing is the big brother these days, and for decades, braided drama has been flourishing in the Mainland.

It also indirectly cultivated a large number of Qing opera audiences.

Lu Yuan shook his head: "Although braid opera has a wide audience, there are also many audiences from other dynasties, such as "Genghis Khan", "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", and "Empress Wu Zetian".

"But none of the examples you cited are about palace battles. "Bu Bu Jing Xin" is an out-and-out palace battle drama." Cai Yinong interrupted.

"Lu Yuan, I don't know why you want to use the Tang Dynasty as the background, but the 2004 palace fighting drama "The Golden Branch" swept the mainland and Hong Kong film and television circles, proving that this type of subject matter is set in the Qing Dynasty. .”

"This is business, not emotion!"

"In today's film and television bases, the Qing Dynasty has the most scenes, the Qing Dynasty's props are the best, and the Fuhua Dao is the most mature and the cheapest. It's cheaper than the Tang Dynasty, and cheaper than any other dynasty!"

"Unless a phenomenal TV series with a Tang Dynasty background appears on the market and attracts capital to follow suit, there will be more dramas about the Tang Dynasty."

"Lu Yuan, are you sure you can do it? Do you think you alone are qualified and capable of subverting the market environment created by Beijing's monopoly for decades?"

"We are talking about business, buying and selling, involving a large investment of tens of millions!"

"The general trend is that the market for Qing palace dramas is huge. For the vast majority of viewers, the history before the Qing Dynasty is not familiar, and the background of the Tang Dynasty is relatively unknown among Chinese people. Most Chinese people are familiar with the history of the Tang Dynasty at most, including Li Shimin, Wu Zetian, and Tang Minghuang. ."

"It is a fact that ancient historical dramas from a male perspective are gradually declining. The target audience of "Bu Bu Jing Xin" is women. Why not follow the market and go against the trend? If you must do this, I choose If you quit, the Tang family has a small business and cannot afford to lose money!!!"

PS: Kavin.

Another note: The original work of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is fictitious. The novel adopts the framework of the Tang Dynasty, but when adapting it, Zheng Xiaolong was replaced by the Qing Dynasty. There are many reasons. Interested book friends can check it out. If it is logical, the male protagonist is an actor. We don’t have the ability to subvert the market for the time being, but maybe in the future.

(End of this chapter)